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Darkhawk

Universe
Marvel Universe

Real Name
Christopher Powell

Aliases
"The Edge-Man," Falconer

Identity
Secret

Occupation
Security Chief for Project PEGASUS

Citizenship
U.S.A.

Place of Birth
New York City

Known Relatives
Michael Powell (father), Grace Powell (mother), Jonathon and Jason Powell (brothers)

Group Affiliation
Project PEGASUS, formerly The Loners, New Warriors, Avengers West Coast, Queen's Vengeance, Secret Defenders

Education
High School undergraduate

Height
(Powell) 5'9"; (Darkhawk) 6'1"

Weight
(Powell)150 lbs.; (Darkhawk) 180 lbs.

Eyes
(Powell) Brown; (Darkhawk) unrevealed

Hair
(Powell) Brown; (Darkhawk) unrevealed

Powers
The Darkhawk possessed superhuman strength and durability, can survive in the cold vacuum of space for extended periods of time.Flight, Gliding, Energy blasts from amulet and visor, grappling hook and cable

Abilities
By concentrating on the amulet he carries, Chris Powell can exchange places with his android Darkhawk form Null Space. While active as Darkhawk, Chris' own body is kept in stasis within Null Space as his consciousness inhabits Darkhawk. When Chris reverses the exchange, any damage done to the Darkhawk body is automatically repaired. The Drakhawk possesses a claw-cable on his right hand that be propelled as a grappling hook, and retractable glider wings that enable him to glide on wind currents for short distances

Weapons
Darkhawk's helmet has telescopic and infra-red vision. The face under the helmet is reportedly horrific, and has been employed to startle opponents in battle.

Darkhawk's second (once abandoned) android body had increased powers including the ability to manifest larger force shields (often in the shape of a giant hawk), projection of the amulet's energy as a tractor beam, sustained flight, energy blast from the helmets 's eyes, a stealth mode that rendered it invisible to sensors, and various weapons which could be teleported from the Null Space vessel. Instead of the clawed-cable it possessed a single claw on each wrist.

Paraphernalia
The amulet located on Darkhawk's chest can generate energy blasts (formerly called "Darkforce blast," but unrelated to the Darkforce dimension) and personal force shields.

First Appearance
Darkhawk #1 (1991)

Origin
Found amulet, became Darkhawk (Darkhawk #1, 1991)

Significant Issues
See Handbook Bibliography

Chris Powell was a normal New York City teenager until he found the Darkhawk amulet in an old abandoned amusement park. With the amulet he could transfer his consciousness into a shadowy avian android named Darkhawk. Chris learned to control the powers provided him by the android body. He teamed with various heroes including Spider-Man, Iron Man, the New Warriors, and the West Coast Avengers.

Chris recently came to terms with his teenage superhero past by joining a support group for others like him, called The Loners. With Turbo, Ricochet, Phil Urich, Julie Power, and Chamber (actually an imposter), Darkhawk tracked down the teen super group known as the Runaways, in an attempt to rehabilitate them. The Runaways escaped as The Loners were pitted in battle against the malevolent Ultron. After this, the support group was introduced to their benefactor, none other than the most famous teen sidekick of all, Rick Jones.

During the extraterrestrial reptilian Skrull's, Secret Invasion of Earth Darkhawk was assigned to Project PEGASUS and appointed Security Chief. While performing his duties he came into conflict with Nova (Richard Rider), whom he though was a Skrull in disguise. After a very brief scrimmage and swift intervention By Robert Rider, Nova's identity was confirmed. Not long after a quick explanation of what was going on the Skrulls attacked Project PEGASUS only to be defeated by Darkhawk, Nova and a reborn Quasar.

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